Language name: | BEJA |
UPSID number: | 4361 |
Alternate name(s): | |
Classification: | Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic |
This language has | 26 segments |
Its Frequency index is | 0.442179771 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
The language has these sounds: | b tD dD t. d. k g kW gW dZ f sD S m nD w "rr "l j ? h i "e a "o u |
Comment: | Vowels appear long and short. Beja has what might be described as a pitch-accent system. |
Source(s): | Hudson, R.A. 1974. A structural sketch of Beja. African Language Studies 15:111-142. Hudson, R.A. 1976. Beja. In M.L. Bender (ed.), The Non-Semitic Languages of Ethiopia. African Studies Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing: 97-132. |